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| Nik Kalejs, wildlife biologist with the Michigan DNR, removes one of the three chicks from the nesting box at the BLP's Sims Generating Station in Grand Haven. |
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| Ernie Kafcas (foreground), wildlife biologist with the Michigan DNR, prepares to band one of the Peregrine falcon chicks while colleague Nik Kalejs holds the chick. |
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| Nik Kalejs (left), wildlife biologist with the Michigan DNR, holds up a banded Peregrine falcon chick while colleague Ernie Kafcas (right) inspects the bird and BLP Operations Supervisor John Harloff records data. |
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| Kishenzi, the adult female Peregrine, keeps a close eye on the banding process. She returned to the nest immediately after the banding was complete, to verify her chicks were unharmed. |
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| During the banding, the female Peregrine twice perched on the ladder guard only twenty feet above the nest site, watching what was going on. |
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